Customer Growth Manager

LangChain LangChain · Data AI · New York, NY · Customer Engineering

LangChain is seeking a Commercial Account Manager to drive customer adoption, retention, and growth for their AI agent platform. This role focuses on managing the post-sale customer lifecycle, acting as a commercial advisor, identifying expansion opportunities, and nurturing relationships with key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in quota-carrying roles, strong commercial acumen, and technical aptitude, with familiarity in the AI/LLM stack being a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage the entire customer lifecycle post signature for a portfolio of commercial customers, from adoption to contract execution, ensuring high retention rates.
  2. Develop and maintain a rolling forecast of your portfolio and consistently meet or exceed quarterly and annual renewal and net retention targets.
  3. Proactively identify and mitigate churn risk by understanding customer health, monitoring product usage, and addressing commercial obstacles.
  4. Uncover and execute on expansion opportunities by understanding customer needs, aligning them with new features and products, and articulating the incremental value.
  5. Build and nurture lasting relationships with key stakeholders, from technical users to economic buyers.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in a quota-carrying, customer-facing role such as Account Management, Customer Success, or Renewals Manager, preferably within B2B SaaS.
  • A proven track record of success in meeting and exceeding retention and expansion quotas (e.g., Gross Renewal Rate, Net Revenue Retention).
  • Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills, with experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder renewal cycles.
  • Strong technical aptitude and the ability to understand and articulate the value of complex technical products.
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build rapport and convey value to diverse audiences, from technical users to executive decision-makers.
  • A deep empathy for the customer's business objectives and a passion for helping them achieve their goals through our platform.
  • Proficiency with CRM software (e.g., Salesforce) for pipeline management and forecasting.
  • Ability to operate independently with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with the modern AI/LLM stack is a significant plus.
  • Direct experience at a high-growth, developer-first, or AI/ML infrastructure company.
  • Experience managing renewals in a consumption or usage-based pricing model.

What the JD emphasized

  • quota-carrying
  • retention and expansion quotas
  • commercial negotiations
  • technical aptitude
  • AI/LLM stack
  • high-growth, developer-first, or AI/ML infrastructure company